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I’ll escape now from this world, from the world of Jean Valjean, Jean Valjean is nothing now! Another story must begin!Avatar: "There's a Starman, waiting in the sky. He'd like to come and meet me, but he thinks he'd blow my mind."Phew, I’m not tense anymore… now I’m just miserable.People say "be yourself" but that's bad advice, if we were all to "be ourselves" many of us would stop wearing clothes. -Chuckman

Avatar: "Here is a magical girl who would not take it anymore"Hitler AND eating babies in a Shinji thread? Business as usual- TMBounty_HunterSorry, my policy is not to take life advice from people with ego problems who also happen to post on anime forums- CJDDoes Love Live get a lot of shit or something?- caragnafog dog

This automated Mahjong table was at the apartment we rented in Shanghai. There was some tiles stuck in it that needed to be replaced by another set (that's why some are blue) and it took a few tries to figure out how to get it working.

Note that it takes about a minute for the tiles to shuffle and rack, so you can fast forward through the middle section where nothing appears to be happening. After that's done, a "Set" red light will appear in the middle, then hitting the button will open the top to allow everyone at the table to see that there are no more tiles in the machine.﻿

Given that she is the third of three children, it's a little unfortunate that as well as meaning plum, 梅 also means "lowest" in a system of three ranks.

"Being human, having your health; that's what's important."(from: Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi )"As long as we're all living, and as long as we're all having fun, that should do it, right?"(from: The Eccentric Family )Avatar: "It's my intention not to see you again" (details); Past avatars.Can't wait for 3.0+1.0? - try Afterwards... my post-Q Evangelion fanfic (discussion)

Her father is English, her mother Japanese (and her home is in Germany), so she has a name from each background. 梅 (Ume, meaning plum) is a Japanese female name. I presume that they'll write it "Ume" routinely - I dare say was being mildly pretentious using the kanji.

"Being human, having your health; that's what's important."(from: Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi )"As long as we're all living, and as long as we're all having fun, that should do it, right?"(from: The Eccentric Family )Avatar: "It's my intention not to see you again" (details); Past avatars.Can't wait for 3.0+1.0? - try Afterwards... my post-Q Evangelion fanfic (discussion)

"Being human, having your health; that's what's important."(from: Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi )"As long as we're all living, and as long as we're all having fun, that should do it, right?"(from: The Eccentric Family )Avatar: "It's my intention not to see you again" (details); Past avatars.Can't wait for 3.0+1.0? - try Afterwards... my post-Q Evangelion fanfic (discussion)